Turkey's foreign ministry today warned that non-urgent travel to Russia should be avoided in the latest escalation of a row between Moscow and Ankara following the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey.
	Citing problems faced by Turks in Russia in the wake of the plane incident which sparked anti-Turkish demonstrations in Moscow, the ministry said non-urgent visits to Russia should be avoided "until the situation becomes clear."
	Tuesday's incident, one of the most serious clashes between a NATO member and Russia,  sparked a crisis in relations between the two countries.
	Russia announced it was halting a visa-free regime for Turkish visitors, after threatening a raft of retaliatory economic measures to punish the NATO member state.
	Turkey says the Su-24 warplane strayed into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings, but Russia has insisted it did not cross the border from Syria.

Turks advised against non-urgent travel to Russia: ministry

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A senior member of Afghanistan's election commission survived an assassination attempt today when a suicide bomber targeted his vehicle in Kabul, killing one of his employees and wounding two others, officials said.
	No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack on Awal Rehman Rodwal, the regional director at the Independent Election Commission, which comes after more than a month-long lull in Taliban raids on the capital.
	"This morning when Rodwal was leaving for work, there was an explosion before he got into his car," Noor Mohmmad Noor, an IEC spokesman told AFP.
	"Rodwal escaped the attack unharmed."
	Noor said Rodwal's bodyguard died in the bombing but Kabul police described the man killed as his driver.
	Two others were wounded in the attack, which marks the first fatal attack on IEC staff in the heavily guarded city this year.
	There was no immediate comment from the Taliban, who have been blamed for several such incidents in the past.
	In March last year, just ...

Suicide bomber targets Afghan election official in Kabul

Scoreboard at the close on the
second day of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval today.
     New Zealand 1st innings: 202
     Australia 1st innings (overnight 54 for 2)
     J Burns   b Bracewell             14
     D Warner  c Southee b Boult        1
     S Smith    c Watling b Craig      53
     A Voges    c Guptill b Southee    13
     S Marsh    run out (McCullum)      2
     M Marsh    c Watling b Bracewell   4
     P Nevill  c Santner b Bracewell   66
     P Siddle   c Latham b Craig        0
     J Hazlewood   b Santner            4
     N Lyon  c Williamson b Boult      34
     M Starc    not out                24
     Extras: (B-5, LB-3, W-1)           9
     Total: (all out; 72 overs)       224
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-63, 4-67, 5-80, 6-109, 7-109, 8-116, 9-190.
     Bowling: Southee 17-1-50-1, Boult 17-5-41-2, Bracewell 12.1-3-18-3, Santner 16-1-54-1, Craig 10-1-53-2.
     New Zealand 2nd innings:
     T Latham   c Nevill b ...

Adelaide, Nov 28 (AFP) Scoreboard at the close on the

New Zealand's held a tenuous 94-run lead in the absorbing day-night third Test after a second day of tumbling wickets at the Adelaide Oval today.
     The Kiwis, trailing 1-0 in the series, struggled to build a defendable total to present Australia in the fourth innings after another fast-paced day's cricket of 13 wickets before 42,372 fans.
     At the close, the Black Caps were finding batting difficult under lights and were 116 for five with a result looming on Sunday's third day in the scheduled five-day Test.
     New Zealand had lost their top batsmen and still at the crease were B.J. Watling on seven with debutant Mitchell Santner not out 13.
     Josh Hazlewood led the Australian attack in the absence of injured spearhead Mitchell Starc as the pink ball again dominated the bat.
     Hazlewood removed both openers with mesmerising ball movement under lights. Martin Guptill sliced to Mitch Marsh in the gully for 17 and Tom Latham was tempted by a wider delivery and was caught ...

New Zealand struggle as wickets tumble again in day-night Test

Kenyan police have arrested two men who were allegedly recruited by an Iranian group accused of plotting attacks in the east African nation, the police chief said today.
	Police chief Joseph Boinett said they believed the two Kenyan men had travelled to Iran several times, identifying them as Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and Yassin Sambai Juma. Kenyan media gave his age as 25.
	"We have irrefutable evidence they were recruited into an Iranian spying ring," he told reporters in the capital Nairobi, indicating that other unidentified security agencies had helped "uproot this network".
	"The mission of that ring was to mount terror attacks in this city, not only targeting Western interests but targeting our people as well."
	Louw was recruited "a number of years ago" and had been instructed to "recruit other Kenyans into the network", including Juma, with the pair making "a number of trips to Iran in which they met their handlers" and where they had been "given targets and given ...

Kenya police arrest two over 'plot' linked to Iran

Thousands of people were expected to protest in London today against Britain potentially joining air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
	Parliament is expected to vote on the issue next week after Prime Minister David Cameron pushed MPs to back the move in the wake of this month's Paris attacks.
	The protest is organised by the Stop The War Coalition protest movement, which is also holding a string of other demonstrations around Britain.
	"The proposed vote in parliament on bombing Syria by British forces is likely to take place within the next week," Stop The War Coalition said in a statement. "Yet this bombing will not stop terror attacks."
	In London, actor Mark Rylance and musician Brian Eno will also be handing a letter in to Downing Street urging Cameron not to join the international air strikes.
	Britain is already involved in air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq but has not so far taken part in bombings of the group's positions in Syria.
	Cameron's 

Protest planned in London as Syria air strikes vote looms

Aung San Suu Kyi has warned newly minted MPs she will not tolerate poor discipline or wrongdoing, party members said today, as Myanmar's democracy champion began marshalling her opposition for government amid sky-high expectations.
	   Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party took nearly 80 percent of contested seats in the November 8 election, promising change after decades of corrosive and corrupt army control of the country.
	But she cannot be president under the junta-scripted constitution.
	Instead the party leader has vowed to rule from "above the president" -- via a proxy who will be selected by the NLD-dominated legislature in the new year.
	Observers say the NLD, a party of opposition for 25 years, will struggle to match the soaring hopes of a long-suffering people who crave remedies to the nation's deep economic and social problems.
	New MPs will also have to learn the nuts and bolts of power and policy making as well as deliver on the party's change narrative.
	On ...

Suu Kyi lays down law on party discipline to new Myanmar MPs

Australia seized on a contentious challenge decision to grab a narrow innings lead over New Zealand on a drama-charged second day of the day-night third Test at the Adelaide Oval today.
     Australia benefitted from the major talking point of the second day -- how Nathan Lyon survived a review in which 'Hot Spot' revealed a mark on the back of his bat before he had scored.
     The review was churned over for minutes before the TV umpire Nigel Llong decided there was not enough to go on despite the Hot Spot evidence to give Lyon out, caught off spinner Mitchell Santner, with Australia reeling at 118 for eight and trailing the Kiwis by 84 runs.
     Lyon walked three-quarters of the way off the ground believing he was out before he returned to continue batting and join in a record Australian trans-Tasman series 74-run ninth-wicket stand with Peter Nevill.
     Lyon was eventually out for 34 to lay the platform for the Australians to profit from their good fortune to take an innings ...

Aussies cash in off review howler to take innings lead

Thousands turned out for climate change marches in Manila and Brisbane today, part of a weekend of action across the globe to demand results from next week's historic Paris summit.
	Religious clergy, students and activists marched through the Philippine capital calling for curbs on emissions to mute the impact of climate change, which is blamed for a spike in typhoons and extreme weather that has wreaked havoc on the nation.
	The march, attended by more than 2,500 people according to police and expected to build throughout the day, was one of a number of events scheduled in different parts of the country.
	The Philippines has been identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
	"Protect our common home," and "climate justice," were written on the placards held aloft by the surging crowd.
	"We want to send a message to the rest of the world, especially the world leaders at the climate talks, to say that our survival is not negotiable," said Denise Fontanilla, ...

Thousands march on climate change in Manila, Brisbane

South Korean police today banned a anti-government demonstration planned in Seoul next week, citing concerns the protest could turn violent, a spokesman said.
	But activists vowed to push ahead with the rally next Saturday outside City Hall.
	Police acted under a law allowing them to ban street protests if there is a risk of them turning violent, the spokesman for the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency told AFP.
	Police warned leaders of activist groups who defy the ban would be arrested, as would participants who refused to disperse.
	Critics say the conservative government of President Park Geun-Hye, a daughter of the late heavy-handed ruler Park Chung-Hee, is slipping back into past authoritarian rule.
	The ban was in line with a government warning on Friday of zero violence in street protests.
	Justice Minister Kim Hyun-Woong said in a televised address that the government was determined to "eradicate" any public disorder and stressed that violators would "pay the price".
	Kim had ..

S Korean police ban planned anti-government rally

Japan will resume "research" whaling in the Antarctic by the end of March next year, local media reported today, despite a call by global regulators for more evidence that the expeditions have a scientific purpose.
	The move came after a one-season suspension of its hunting in the ocean as the United Nations' top legal body judged last year that Japan's whaling there was a fig leaf for a commercial hunt.
	Japan's fisheries agency has since told the International Whaling Commission that it would resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean by cutting annual minke whale catches by two-thirds to 333 this season.
	But the IWC's scientific committee said in June that Japan had failed to give enough detail to explain why it wanted to kill almost 4,000 minke whales in the Antarctic over the next 12 years.
	Japan's agency decided on Friday however to go ahead with the plan, claiming that it was scientifically adequate and no change was needed, Kyodo News said.
	The Yomiuri Shimbun and other media ...

Japan to resume 'research' whaling in Antarctic: media

Scores after the first session on the second day of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval today:
     New Zealand 1st innings 202 (T. Latham 50; M. Starc 3-24, J. Hazlewood 3-66)
     Australia 1st innings (54-2 overnight)
     J. Burns b Bracewell 14
     D. Warner c Southee b Boult 1
     S. Smith c Watling b Craig 53
     A. Voges c Guptill b Southee 13
     S. Marsh run out (McCullum) 2
     M. Marsh c Watling b Bracewell 4
     P. Nevill not out 17
     P. Siddle c Latham b Craig 0
     J. Hazlewood b Santner 4
     Extras (b5, lb2, w1) 8
     Total (8 wickets; 51.5 overs) 116
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-63, 4-67, 5-80, 6-109, 7-109, 8-116.

Australia v New Zealand 3rd Test scoreboard

Eight men were found dead with their throats slit in a southern Mexican region gripped by drug violence, officials said.
	Their hands and feet were also tied, said Juan Mateo Rodriguez, an Oaxaca state police deputy from the Cuenca del Papaloapan region.
	Several bodies were inside an abandoned van, while others were near the vehicle.
	"Farmers who had been going to work around the town of Cosolapa found the bodies and alerted us," said Rodriguez.
	The town, home to 15,000 people, is in Oaxaca, one of Mexico's poorest states and the scene of violence linked to drug cartels' battles for control of lucrative drug trade routes to the United States.
	More than 100,000 people have been killed or gone missing in drug-related violence nationwide since 2006.

8 bodies found in Mexico with throats slit: police

The first ever pink ball Test in Adelaide was warmly received by Australian commentators today, with several likening the day-night match to playing under darkened English skies.
     The first game of its kind in cricket's 138-year history, the opening day of the Australia v New Zealand clash on Friday drew some 47,441 fans -- the biggest crowd at the Adelaide Test since the famous 1932-33 Bodyline series.
     "The whole thing looked pretty much like Test cricket," wrote Richard Hinds in The Daily Telegraph after the first day saw New Zealand win the toss and bat, only to be all out for 202. Australia were 54 for 2 at close.
     "Played with a pink ball. Under lights. At Trent Bridge.
     "The visibility was different. The beaten batsman might say worse. But the conditions were not completely unfamiliar or particularly unfair."
     Writing in The Australian newspaper, Peter Lalor said at times Australian opener David Warner might have felt like he was back playing the Ashes in ...

Aussie media see pink ball appeal

Three people have been killed and nine wounded when a gunman opened fire at a family planning centre in Colorado, officials said.
	"I want to convey to the loved ones of the victims, this is a terrible, terrible tragedy that occurred here in Colorado Springs today," Mayor John Suthers told reporters yesterday. "Obviously, we lost two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer.

Three killed in Colorado shooting: mayor

Three killed, including one police, in Colorado shooting:

Hundreds of furious Cubans chanting and brandishing air tickets have protested outside Ecuador's embassy in Havana over new visa restrictions designed to stop Cuban migrants travelling through the region to the US.
	It comes with 3,000 Cubans languishing at Costa Rica's border with Nicaragua after that country closed its border to them, triggering a regional crisis over what to do with desperate Cubans travelling through South and Central America in the hopes of making it to the US.
	Police watched on as about 500 people yesterday demanded they be refunded the money they had forked out for the air tickets, with the new Ecuadoran visa restrictions expected to come into effect on Tuesday.
	"If we can not get into Ecuador, if there is no solution, we want our money back," teacher Yeanneth Nunez, 31, said.
	Nunez said she paid USD 1,200 to go on honeymoon with her husband in the coming days - a vast amount by Cuban standards.
	The demonstrators were careful not to directly blame the ...

Angry Cubans protest at Ecuador visa rule

A gunman suspected of wounding at least 11 people after a standoff at a Colorado family planning clinic is in custody after surrendering, officials said.
	"The perpetrator is in custody. The situation has been resolved," Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said yesterday.
	"There's no continuing peril to the citizens of Colorado Springs but there's a huge crime scene that has to be processed.

Colorado gunman in custody after police standoff: mayor

Several people have been wounded when a shootout erupted between police and a gunman at a Planned Parenthood family planning centre in the US state of Colorado.
	Four police officers have been injured in the ongoing standoff inside the facility in Colorado Springs, police spokeswoman Catherine Buckley said yesterday.
	An unknown number of civilians have also been wounded, but there are no known fatalities so far, she said.
	Buckley said that there appeared to be only "one active known shooter... But we always train for the possibility of additional people."
	"The officers inside the building have encountered the individual and they're working on that at this time," she said, describing an "exchange of fire."
	Abortion is one of the services provided for women by Planned Parenthood and the association has become an lightning rod for criticism by social conservatives.
	News footage from the snowy scene showed a sheriff's department SWAT team with an armoured vehicle arriving at what an .

Several wounded in shooting at US family planning centre

Twenty-two people drowned after the minibus they were travelling in veered off a road in southwest Burkina Faso, the government in Ouagadougou has said.
	A total of "22 people were drowned," in Thursday's accident "when a minibus fell into a dam in Kiebalogo, on national route 27,"  the government said in a statement yesterday.
	Kiebalogo is situated 45 kilometres from Burkina's second city Bobo Dioulasso.
	The accident also left eight people injured.
	There was no other details of the accident.
	"Investigations are underway to determine the exact cause," the official statement said.
	Road accidents are frequent occurrences in Burkina Faso with the poor state of roads and vehicles often to blame.

22 drown as minibus runs off road in Burkina Faso

A shootout has erupted between police and a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood family planning centre in the US state of Colorado, police said.
	Four police officers have been injured in the ongoing standoff with a shooter inside the facility in Colorado Springs, said police spokeswoman Catherine Buckley.
	An unknown number of civilians have been wounded, but there are no known fatalities so far, she said yesterday.

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